Amcor Half Year Financial Report 2008
Directors’ Report
The directors presented their report on the Company and the consolidated entity for the half-year ended 31 December 2007 to the Australian Securities Exchange on 20 February 2008.
Directors
The following persons were directors of Amcor Limited during the whole of the half-year and up to the date of this report:
| Name | Period of directorship |
| Non-executive | |
| C I (Chris) Roberts – Chairman | Director since 1999 – appointed Chairman 2000 |
| R K (Keith) Barton | Director since 1999 |
| G J (John) Pizzey | Director since 2003 |
| E J J (Ern) Pope | Director since 2005 |
| J G (John) Thorn | Director since 2004 |
| G A (Geoff) Tomlinson | Director since 1999 |
| Executive | |
| K N (Ken) MacKenzie | Director since 2005 |
Results
The consolidated profit attributable to shareholders of the Company was $154.0 million. Further details are contained in the Financial Performance and Review of Operations in this Report.
Review of Operations
A review of the operations of the consolidated entity during the half-year, and the results of those operations is contained in Amcor’s releases to the Australian Securities Exchange and the news media dated 20 February 2008.
Auditor’s independence declaration
A copy of the auditor’s independence declaration as required under Section 307C of the Corporations Act 2001 is set out in this report.
Rounding of amounts
The consolidated entity is of a kind referred to in the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Class Order 98/100 dated 10 July 1998 and in accordance with that Class Order, amounts in the financial report and directors’ report have been rounded off to the nearest $100,000 unless otherwise stated.
Signed in accordance with a resolution of the directors, dated at Melbourne, this 20th day of February 2008.
C I Roberts
Chairman